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  • Shadow Story (HSK 1): Xiaoming's Saturday 小明的星期六 (xiǎo míng de xīngqī liù)

    Listen to and repeat a short story about a boy named Xiaoming and his Saturday at home and at the shop. You will practise simple sentences with 是, 有, 想, 要, 在 and 了.

    See today's words with pictures, pinyin and subtitles: watch the video lessons by level on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/@MandarinShadow/playlists

    0:00 Welcome
    0:34 Morning at Home
    2:00 Mom and Breakfast
    3:39 At the Shop
    5:20 Back Home
    6:58 Full Story Again
    8:13 Quick Recap
    8:57 See you tomorrow

    Key sentences:
    我叫小明。 (Wǒ jiào xiǎo míng.): My name is Xiaoming.
    今天是星期六。 (Jīntiān shì xīngqī liù.): Today is Saturday.
    我在家。 (Wǒ zàijiā.): I am at home.
    我在家。 (Wǒ zàijiā.): I am at home.
    我家有三个人。 (Wǒ jiā yǒu sān gèrén.): There are three people in my family.
    我有爸爸和妈妈。 (Wǒ yǒu bàba hé māma.): I have a dad and a mom.
    妈妈很好。 (Māma hěn hǎo.): Mom is very nice.
    妈妈很好。 (Māma hěn hǎo.): Mom is very nice.
    小明,你饿吗? (Xiǎo míng, nǐ è ma?): Xiaoming, are you hungry?
    妈妈,我很饿。 (Māma, wǒ hěn è.): Mom, I am very hungry.
    你想吃什么? (Nǐ xiǎng chī shénme?): What do you want to eat?
    我想吃面条。 (Wǒ xiǎng chī miàn tiáo.): I want to eat noodles.
    你饿吗? (Nǐ è ma?): Are you hungry?
    家里没有面条了。 (Jiālǐ méiyǒu miàn tiáo le.): There are no noodles at home now.
    那怎么办? (Nà zěnmebàn?): Then what should we do?
    我们去商店吧。 (Wǒmen qù shāngdiàn ba.): Let's go to the shop.
    家里没有面条了。 (Jiālǐ méiyǒu miàn tiáo le.): There are no noodles at home now.
    商店很大。 (Shāngdiàn hěn dà.): The shop is very big.
    这里有很多人。 (Zhèlǐ yǒu hěn duō rén.): There are many people here.
    你要什么? (Nǐ yào shénme?): What do you want?

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    10 min

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A new Mandarin lesson every day, made for listening with no screen: graded stories to shadow, grammar taken apart, survival phrases for China, listening quizzes, a chat between a learner and a native speaker, a weekly audio drama and slow Chinese news. Every episode is graded to an HSK level and leaves you pauses to speak out loud.